Much ado about HomeKit, the new Apple smart home framework

Apple Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi speaks during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at the Moscone West center on June 2, 2014 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Apple Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi speaks during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at the Moscone West center on June 2, 2014 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

I did however miss that developers would be able to use such devices to build third-party apps that might become a powerful arbiter’s of the automated home experience. I brought on three guests from the connected home industry to share their thoughts as well. Adam Justice, the creator of the ConnectSense sensors thinks Apple’s efforts might kill the home hub. Greg Roberts, the VP of marketing at iControl was more focused on consumer education, whereas Dave Friedman, the CEO of cloud platform Ayla Networks discussed how Apple is using the cloud and what the program means for big brand names building connected devices.

Meanwhile, Kevin and I covered what we know, and shared some of the questions we hope we’ll see answered in the coming days and weeks.